In her debut collection, Nair depicts contemporary Indian life with fierce precision and an irresistible blend of humor, wit, and pathos, firmly establishing herself as a striking new voice in Indian fiction.
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In her debut collection, Nair depicts contemporary Indian life with fierce precision and an irresistible blend of humor, wit, and pathos, firmly establishing herself as a striking new voice in Indian fiction.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 191 pp. First printing. Bookstore stamp on front free endpaper; one corner is gently bumped. Ten stories. The author's first collection of stories.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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New York. 2002. Pantheon Books. Uncorrected Bound Galleys. Very Good in Wrappers. 0375421114. 224 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature India Women. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The ten exquisitely crafted stories in VIDEO Introduce a gifted new writer whose straight-forward, elegant prose and bewitching storytelling talent combine in brilliant miniatures of contemporary Indian life. In the title story, an Indian man's chance exposure to a Western-style porn film affects not only his marriage-his wife hides for hours, then (lays, then weeks at a time from his renewed desire-but also his neighborhood, as traditional notions of marriage, intimacy, and propriety confront the unspeakable, and the tacitly alluring. In ‘The Sculptor of Sands, ' a superbly imagined mystical tale with the depth and resonance of legend, a slight young man's sensuous sand sculptures transfix a seaside community and, despite their evanescence, leave an indelible impression on the women of the town. In ‘My Grandfather Dreams of Fences, ' an aging landlord, convinced that his worker is stealing his land, desperately clings to the vestiges of a rigid class system, erecting fences with fervor while his dignity falls into disrepair. And in ‘The Lodger in Room 726, ' a boy who daily brings breakfast to the new tenant in a rooming house unleashes a cascade of emotions previously unknown to him when he pursues his fantasy that the man is a well-known murderer on the lam. An astonishing debut, written with a wry intelligence and an irresistible blend of humor. wit, and pathos, VIDEO masterfully evokes traditional Indian culture as it confronts the onrush of change. In subtle gestures and keenly observed details, Meera Nair reveals an entire world of gleaming particularity and transcendent emotional power. inventory #32066.
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Fine. Uncorrected galleys. Fine in paper wraps. The author's first book. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
